Results 141-160 of 509 for speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan in 'Dáil debates'

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We are going to have to allow for that transition. One will not be able to pull a trailer-load of cattle or silage but there is a place for EVs. Their range is improving massively. We all agree we need offshore renewable energy. I have even heard comments from Deputy Healy-Rae in relation to that. When we have offshore renewable energy and we are charging EVs, that is clean transport....

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I was due to share with Deputy Dillon, but I understand he was not able to make it here. I will not speak for the full nine minutes, as he was due to have four or five of these. I can waffle if my colleagues wish but I would prefer to get straight to the point. Was there any discussion at the EU Council meeting on state aid rules and EU funding and how this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for the response but, as he will appreciate, it did not quite answer the question I had. To help in this exercise, he might take note of my comments, and pass on a message to the Minister for Health, regarding my specific question. The then CEO of CHO 4 made an application to the HSE for specific funding for the running of the Cancer Connect service. We were...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is now ten minutes past midnight and here we are. I appreciate the Minister of State taking this matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Family friendly is right. We have all got homes to go to. I appreciate that the Minister of State is here. I am disappointed that none of the health Ministers is here to listen to my plea. This is the seventh effort I have made to get this matter taken. Now that it is finally being taken and the Minister of State is here to take it, despite the fact it is 12.10 a.m., I have decided that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Exactly. We are into the following day. I appreciate the Minister of State sticking around to take this matter. It relates to Cancer Connect, which is an extraordinary cancer support service in Cork, west Cork and extending into County Kerry. It offers a transport service for people availing of chemotherapy and radiotherapy services in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and Cork city. At the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Young people have had it incredibly tough in the past couple of years. Covid has deprived them of so much. It has impacted their education, mental health and ability to socialise and have fun. We need to move mountains for young people more than we ever have. The least we can do is provide them with timely access to driving tests. Waiting five months for a driving test after making an...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I want to, and it is important for me to use this slot to discuss and outline the experience of a seventh-generation family-run hotel in Clonakilty. I want to outline the disgusting and despicable treatment that this family-run business experienced at the hands of one our pillar banks, AIB, and an unscrupulous vulture fund, Everyday Finance. Unfortunately, the experience that I will outline...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The IPCC report is not about goals or ambition because the Government clearly has those. It is the rate of pace at which we are putting the items in our action plan into action. I will break that down in respect of how it can work in rural Ireland and urban areas, especially in the area of electric vehicle, EV, sales. The good news is EV sales increased by 50% in the first couple of months...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Has Deputy Devlin been promoted?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12657/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: At the risk of making the Minister for Health repeat himself, I also want to ask about community neurorehabilitation. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland, NAI, and a number of clinical leads in stroke, neurology, dementia care and neurorehabilitation have just spent the past hour and a half in the audiovisual room advocating for community neurorehabilitation. They did so does so because of...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: On this, International Women's Day, I will dedicate this contribution to the extraordinary women I am lucky enough to know, that is, my mum, sisters, fiancé and friends who, every day, have to work much harder for equal recognition. I make special mention of my amazing sister, Anne, who raised a family and got a degree in business, with her youngest baby in tow in a baby sling, when...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [11358/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Does the Taoiseach agree his Department should lead the development of an action plan to protect small businesses in towns throughout Ireland? I appreciate, as do businesses, the recent measures, including the enhancement of the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, and the extension of the reduced VAT rate for the hospitality sector. However, there appears to be something wrong....

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I join others in congratulating the Minister of State. I have always admired her contributions in the Dáil Chamber, especially those on violence against women. She has done incredible work in that regard. I congratulate her on her elevation and look forward to working with her, particularly in the area of insurance and the difficulty communities and charity organisations have in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I want to talk to the Taoiseach about the proposed move to put EmployAbility services throughout Ireland out to public tender in April. EmployAbility companies throughout Ireland have been successful in sourcing employment for people with a disability or for people with a mental illness and they have been doing that for years. I have met numerous people who have availed of this service....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (21 Feb 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate this comments about my contribution being taken into account and that the Minister will look at this in the review and, I hope, come up with something that is fit for purpose. Earlier this year, I visited forestry in Tipperary with some private forestry owners. It was the first time I was shown the symptoms of ash dieback and what to look out for...